Faculty & Staff at Terry

Faculty Profile


Address:
222 Brooks Hall
Athens, GA 30602

Email

Office Phone:
706.542.3602


Ken Klassen  
Associate Professor
J.M. Tull School of Accounting [ Website ]

At Terry Since 2006

Education:

PhD, Stanford University, Accounting  (1995)
MS, Stanford University, Statistics  (1993)
MAcc, University of Waterloo, Taxation  (1989)
Hon BA, University of Waterloo, Accounting  (1989)

Prior Professional Positions:

KPMG, , Staff Accountant   1987 to 1990

Awards:

2003, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (FCA), ICAO

Editorial Appointments:

2002 to 2009, Associate Editor, Contemporary Accounting Research
2001 to 2002, Associate Editor, The Accounting Review

Selected Publications:

Journal Articles
Kenneth Klassen and Richard Sansing . "A model of dynamic tax planning with an application to estate freezes." Journal of the American Taxation Association, 28 (1), (2006), pp. 1-24.
Barbara Grein, John Hand and Kenneth Klassen . "The stock price reaction to the repricing of employee stock options." Contemporary Accounting Research, 22 (4), (2005), pp. 791-828.
Carla Carnaghan, Pauline Downer, Kenneth Klassen and Jeffrey Pittman . "E-commerce and tax planning: Canadian experiences." Canadian Accounting Perspectives, 3(2), (2004), pp. 261-287.
Kenneth Klassen, Jeffrey Pittman and Margaret Reed . "A cross-national comparison of tax incentives and R&D expenditure decisions." Contemporary Accounting Research, 21(3), (2004), pp. 639-680.
Jeffrey Pittman and Kenneth Klassen . "The influence of firm maturation of firms' rate of adjustment to their optimal capital structures." Journal of the American Taxation Association, 23(Suppl), (2001), pp. 70-94.
Kenneth Klassen and Amin Mawani . "The impact of financial and tax reporting incentives on option grants to Canadian CEOs." Contemporary Accounting Research, 17(2), (2000), pp. 227-262.
Kenneth Klassen and Douglas Shackelford . "State and provincial corporate tax planning: Income shifting and sales apportionment factor management." Journal of Accounting and Economics, 25(3), (1998), pp. 385-406.
Kenneth Klassen . "The impact of inside ownership concentration on the trade-off between financial and tax reporting." The Accounting Review, 72(3), (1997), pp. 455-474.
Kenneth Klassen, Mark Lang and Mark Wolfson . "Geographic income shifting by multinational corporations in response to tax rate changes." Journal of Accounting Research, 1993(Suppl), (1993), pp. 141-176.

Service:

Professional
2003 to 2005, Editorial Board, Accounting Horizons
2000 to 2002, Governing Council member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
1999 to 2001, Editorial Board, The Accounting Review
2006 to Present, Editorial Board, Journal of the American Taxation Association
1999 to Present, various, American Taxation Association


Courses:

ACCT 5400 Introduction to Tax
ACCT 7410 Taxation II